Article of headdress



-April 3, 1945. M. e. ROSENTHAL 2,372,911

ARTICLE OF HEADDRESS Filed May 26, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l F|r ..2 l2

Snnentor MANUEL G. Rest. NTHAL Gttorneg April 3, 1945.

M. G. ROSENTHAL ARTICLE OF HEADDRESS Filed May 26, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Fl Cr Flt, l2

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. attorney Patented Apr. 3, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTICLE OFHEADDRESS Manuel G. Bosenthal, New York, N. Y.

Application May 26, 1941, Serial No. 395,216 Cl'aims. (01. 2-198)Thisinvention. relates to articles of headdress.

headdress with which the present invention. is. concerned i in generalof such character that can be readily made up in. various forms on; theweareris head in. self-shaping and selffitting relation thereto, forexample, in the manner of. a. wrap-around turban, and my inventionresides. more particularly in the construction of such. headdresswhereby to obtain certain desirable results which will hereinafter bepointed'out.

One feature. of the present invention resides in the provision of anarticle of headdress. which comprises a plurality of fabric parts of.different character, respectively, as to texture or color or both.texture and color whereby to improve the ornamental. effect. providedwhen said article. is worn, and in this connection. another feature ofthe invention is to construct the article in such manner that one of theparts thereof can be removed from another of its part and replaced by a.fabric part of. a different texture or color for providing an article ofheaddress having a different. color or texture combination. As eachfabric part can be composed of fabric of one color: or texture or of. aplurality of colors or textures, it is obvious that by replacing onefabric part of. one character with a fabric part of a. differentcharacter, the appearance of the article. can be varied within widelimits. Moreover, by making the article in separable parts, one of thelatter can be used as a hair band or otherwise, when the completeheaddress is not desired.

Another feature of the invention resides in constructing the article ofheaddress in such mannor. as to provide an opening therein through whichend portions of the fabric parts can be threaded when the article isformed and positinned on the wearers head, so that said end portions,instead of being tucked in, can be arranged. as ornamental elements ofthe headdress without, however, sacrificing the proper securement of thearticle on the head. This feature of the invention can be provided inthe article whether the. above mentioned fabric parts thereof aredetachable or are permanently connected to each other.

A. further feature resides in constructing the article. so that it canbe arranged selectively to cover, the top and back of the wearers heador to leave. the same wholly or partly uncovered.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of means forholding the fabric parts in. proper relation for obtaining either theabove mentioned feature of the interchangeability and variability or forproviding the article of head'- dress with said opening for thethreading of the above mentioned nds. of the article or for providingboth of. said features simultaneously in the article.

Theinvention willlbe more fully explained hereturban, hat or other typeof headdress.

inafter with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In. the drawings:

Fi I is a View of the article of headdress in flat condition as itappears before it is made up on, the wearer' -head;

Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views, on a larger scale, of thecompanion. parts of the article shown in Fig. 1, said parts beingseparated from each other and said views being of the side of thearticle opposite that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a View, on a larger scale, of the central portion of thearticle illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fi 5 is a view of one of the companion conhector parts utilized in thearticle illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the connector parts looking in thedirection of line 6iiof Fig, 5.;

Fig. 7 is an end view of the companion con nector parts showing themengaged in one relation;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing. the connector parts engagedwith each other in a relation opposite to that shown in Fig. '7;

Figs. 9 and 10 are views similar to Fig. 4 showing other devices forconnecting the fabric partsof the headdress to each other;

Fig. 11 is a rear view of the headdres made up on the wearers head andshowing the parts in closed condition for covering the top of the head;

Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 11 showingthe parts separated foruncovering the top ofthe wearers head;

Fig. 13 is a rear view of the headdress and illustrates the end portionwhich are threaded through the opening the article and arranged asornamental elements of the headdress.

Referring now to the drawings in further detail, the article ofheaddress l0 comprises as shown in Fig. 1 two fabric parts !2 and Itarranged'in end to end relation and held in said relation by connectingmean l6 which provides an opening [8- between the adjacent ends-of saidfabric parts. Any suitable fabric can be used for forming parts I2 andM, for example, knitted or woven fabric formed of any suitable yarns orcombinations of yarns. Said fabrics, however, should preferably be limp,relatively soft and in general readily drapable on the wearer's head soas to conform to the contour thereof, when the article is made up, andon the head as a The adjacent end portions 20 and 22 of parts l2and I4are gathered and are provided with stitched hems 24- and 26 formingtunnels through which the companion members "3a and I'Bb of connectingmeans 16 are positioned, respectively; said members bein as here shownseparable from each other.

In the preferred form of the invention the connecting means I6 isseparable and the companion members Ilia and I6b of said connectingmeans are of the same construction except that the end portions 28 ofpart IBb extend from the body portion 38 of said member in a direc tionopposite to the direction'in which the end portions 28 of member I60.extend from its body portion 30, whereby to provide the opening I8 inthe article when the companion members IBa and I6!) are connected toeach other at their adjacent end portions 28. Connecting members Mia andI8!) can be made of any suitable material, for example, metal orplastic. Each end portion 28 is formed with a hook'32 and a slot 34.Also, each end portion is preferably provided with a plurality ofapertures 36 so thatthe outer ends of the hemmed portions 24 and 26 canbe stitched to the companion connecting members Ilia and H31),respectively, as indicated by the lines of stitching 38 in Fig. 4. Whenthe connecting members IBa and I6?) are in the tunnels provided by-thehems 24 and 26, they are completely covered by the .hemmed portions ofthe companion parts I2 and I4, but the outer ends of said hemmedportions can be moved along the adjacent end portions 28 to facilitateengagement and disengagement of the ends 28 of one of the connectingmembers with the ends 28 of the companion connecting member.

As illustrated in Fig. 7, the connecting mem- Y bers are engaged witheach other at their ends by the projection of hooked ends 32 ofconnecting member I6a throughthe slots 34 of the companion connectingmember Ifib. Each hooked end 32 is provided with a projection 40 whichsnaps through the slot or opening 34 in the adjacent end 28 of thecompanion connecting member to prevent accidental disengagement of theconnected ends of the two connecting members. As illustrated in Fig. 8the two connecting members can be arranged in reversed relation to thatillustrated in Fig. 7, that is, so that the hooked ends 32 of connectingmember I6b projects through the slots 34 in the adjacent ends,respectively, of connecting member I6a. Connecting members IBa and I6bare thus constructed so that fabric part I 4 having a connecting memberI61) can be readily replaced by a part such as the part I2 which has aconnectin member Ito and yet have the folded hem forming portions ofboth parts on the same side of the article, it being understood that ifthe connecting members were not provided with reversible interengagingends, as just described, the replacement of a part I4 by a part such asthe part I2 would require that opposite sides of, said fabric parts bepositioned at the same side of the article when the parts are connectedto each other, thus exposing the hem forming folded edge of one of thefabric parts on each side of the article. In other words, by thusconstructing the connecting members with reversible interengagingportions the hem forming folded edges of the two fabric parts are bothdisposed on the same side of the article when the two parts areconnected to each other. It will be observed thatthe outer end portionsof the hems follow the contour of the projectin end portions 28 of theconnecting members and are held in said position by stitching 38,referred to above. i v

The fabric parts I2 and I4 are of elongated and relatively narrow formas illustrated in Fig. 1, the combined length of the two parts beingsuflicient to permit the article to be wound twice around the wearershead and to afford sufficient material for forming bow knots;or otherornamental portions, as illustrated at42 in Figs. 11 to 13, and also, ifdesired, to provide depending end portions 44 which can be arranged asornamental elements as illustrated in Fig. 13.

It will be noted that parts I2 and I4 are not stitched to each other orotherwise secured to each other along side edges and are, therefore,

free of a central head enclosing pocket such as that provided in made-upor partially made-up turbans of certain prior art constructions. ,Bythus leaving the parts I2 and I4 free from securement to each other,said parts can be arranged at the option of the wearer either inoverlapping relation as illustrated in Fig. 11 for cover ing the topandback of the wearers head or said parts can be arranged in spacedrelation as illustrated in Fig. 12 to leave the top and back of thewearers head uncovered or partially uncovered by the headdress. It willbe understood that in making up the headdress on the wearer's head,portions of parts I2 and I4 can be passed through opening I8 andarranged in various ways as will' construction as the parts I2 and I4,illustrated in'Fig, 1 and in the companion figures of the drawing, aredetachably connected to each other by a connecting member IBA which issimilar in construction to a large safety pin or the like, it beingunderstood that connecting member ISA can be removed by disengaging theprong 46 from the guard 48 of said pin to permit the latter to bewithdrawn from the hems of parts IZA and MA. Similarly in the form ofthe invention illustrated in Fig. 10 the fabric parts I2B and MB are ofthe same construction as the parts I2 and I4 and are detachablyconnected to each other by companion tapes 48 and 50, respectively,which are threaded through the hems of said parts I2B and I413,respectively,

and are detachably engaged at their adjacent .outer ends by separablefasteners 52 such as, for

example, snap fasteners. -As indicated, each of the articles illustratedin Figs. 9 and lo is provided with a central opening I8 as in the caseof the article ID illustrated in Fig. 1 so that outer end portions ofthe fabric parts can be drawn through said opening for the purposedescribed above in connection with the headdress article illustrated inFig. 1. It will be understood also that the headdress article can beformed with a central opening I8 without the fabric parts of the articlebeing detachable from each other, for example, by utilizing instead ofany of the above described or other separable connecting members anon-separable connecting member having spaced side portions around whichthe hem forming edge portions of the adjacent ends of the fabric partsare folded and stitched. Further, it will be understood in thisconnection that the fabric parts even when thus permanently connected toeach other canbe of different colors or textures, Also, the feature ofinterchangeability of the fabric parts I! and H! can be provided, ifdesired, without the provision of the opening i3.

Thus it is seen that the articles of headdress described above are welladapted to accomplish the several objects of the present invention, butthey are by no means exhaustive of the possible embodiments of thisinvention. In reference to the'illustrated embodiments it will beobserved that each of the latter has provision for the replacement ofone of the fabric parts by a similar part of a different characterwhereby to form with the retained fabric part an article of headdress ofan entirely different appearance. Further, it will be noted that eitherof the fabric parts can be detached from the other fabric part of thearticle and used as a head band which is long enough to be wrappedaround the wearers head for retaining the hair in position or for thepurpose of ornamentation, or both article forming fabric parts can besuperimposed on each other and similarly used as a head band, thedifferent colors or textures of the two bands providing a pleasingornamental appearance. It will be understood further that while severalmodes of utilizing the article of headdress have been illustrated ordescribed there are various other modes of utilizing said article eitheras a headdress or for other purposes. Accordingly, the invention is notto be limited to the uses or modes of making up the headdressillustrated or described herein. Further, as the articles can beconstructed otherwise than as herein specifically shown or described andas such other constructions will occur to those skilled in the art inview of the present disclosure, I do not wish to be limited to theembodiments herein described or illustrated or to the details ofconstruction herein shown or described except to the extent which may berequired by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending, fabricparts arranged in endto-end relation, and means engaging the adjacentends of said parts for holding them in said endto-end relation. theother ends of said fabric parts being separated from each other, saidconnected fabric parts being drapable in various arrangements on andconforming to the wearers head and having a combined length sufficientto extend in wrapped relation around the head of the wearer in drapedrelation thereon, the adjacent ends of said fabric parts being hemmedand said holding means comprising parts which are disposed in said hems,respectively, and position confronting portions of said adjacent ends inspaced relation for providing an opening through which portions of saidfabric parts wrapped around the wearers head can be threaded inarranging and fastening the headdress on the head of the wearer, saidparts of said holding means having portions which are disengageable fromeach other whereby said fabric parts are secured detachably to eachother with said adjacent ends thereof in said spaced relation.

2. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabricparts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends of said fabricparts being separated from each other, and means connecting the adjacentends of said parts detachably in said relation, said means comprisingcompanion members carried by said ends of said fabric parts,respectively, each of said members having a portion extendingtransversely of the fabric part by which it is carried, and end portionsextending substantially lengthwise of the article toward the adjacentfabric part, each to-end relation, and means engaging the adjacent endsof said parts for holding them in said relation, the other ends of saidfabric parts being separated from each other, said connected fabricparts being drapable in various arrangements on and conforming to thewearers head andhaving a combined length sufficient to extend around thehead of the wearer in draped relation thereon, the adjacent ends of saidparts being hemmed and said holding means comprising companion membersdisposed in said hemmed ends, respectively, and each provided with endportions detachably engageable with the adjacent end portions of thecompanion member in reversible relation with each other.

4. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabricparts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends of said fabricparts necting the adjacent ends of said parts detachably in saidrelation, said means comprising two companion members carried by saidends of said fabric parts, respectively, each of said members having aportion extending transversely of the fabric part by which it is carriedand spaced from the corresponding portion of the companion member, andend portions extending substantially lengthwise of the article towardthe adjacent fa'bric part, portions of said first mentioned fabric partsextending longitudinally of said last mentioned portions of saidconnecting members, respectively, said end portions of said connectingmembers having releasable interengaging portions for holding saidconnecting members together, said connected fabric parts being drapablein various arrangements on and conforming to the wearers head and havinga combined length sufficient to extend around the head of the wearer indraped relation thereon, said interengaging portions of the companionconnecting members being engageable with each other in either of tworeversible relations.

5. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabricparts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends, of said fabricparts being separated from each other, and means connecting the adjacentends of said parts detachably in said relation, said means comprisingcompanion members carried by said ends of said fabric parts,respectively, each of said members having a portion extendingtransversely of the fabric part by which it is carried, and end portionsextending substantially lengthwise of the article toward the adjacentfabric part, each of said end portions of each of said connectingmembers having a hook and a slot, the hooks of either one of saidconnecting members being releasably engageable in the slots of the otherconnecting member.

MANUEL G. ROSENTHAL.

